Postby Harriet » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:24 pm
Great decluttering successes in our thread!!
Something I did here - I reorganized my 2 small stationary/card cabinets (general and Christmas). I combined all like-items and was able to toss several boxes. I labeled the remaining card boxes on their ends with just the sticky part of post-it "super sticky" notes, cut off. I wrote with Sharpie. For the ones with clear tops I put the label onto the end of the bottom of the box and it's covered by the clear. Now I just open the door and can easily see all the categories at one glance: "Postcards", "Leaf Print Notes", "Thank you", "Get Well", etc.
This is so much better than before, when I was thinking I "shouldn't" separate the cards from the boxes/packaging they came in - how silly, it was taking up space and confusing me. I had also bought some items that I really didn't need because I misunderstood how many of that type I had.
One thing that this does not answer: I've found a whole new batch of my dmom's stationary/cards and I'll need to work those in sometime, or distribute between children. Sigh! If I just have too much I'll need to decide to donate some.